Alex Salmond effigy was blown up in Lewes

An effigy of Alex Salmond was blown up during bonfire celebrations in Lewes despite assurances that it would not be burned, it has emerged. About
40,000 people were at this year's Lewes bonfire celebrations - 10,000 more than last year, police have said.

First off when i heard this i was kinda shocked, but reading more about the Lewes bonfire celebrations i'm cool with it. it's about people having a
well organised celebration and a coming together as a community and having fun, something lacking in today's society.

Alex himself was cool with it so no harm done.
what i found to be a bit awkward was the No Popery stuff. Maybe next
year they should start with a "No Allahery" banner and burn a effigy of Allah...lets see how the local council and Government and police deal with
that. I'm all for it.

Anyway...Go the people of lewes for not giving a Rats arse even though some of the images are a wee bit KKK.

And don't tell me you Scots wouldn't do the same to an effigy of Dave Cameron ... come to think of it most English would.

It's just a bit of fun after what was a pretty fractious referendum year.

ETA

Go the people of lewes for not giving a Rats arse even though some of the images are a wee bit KKK.

Apparently the burning Cross has it's origins with the Scots !

In Scotland, the fiery cross, known as the Crann Tara, was used as a declaration of war. The sight of it commanded all clan members to rally to
the defense of the area. On other occasions, a small burning cross would be carried from town to town. It was used as recently as the War of 1812 to
mobilise the Scottish Fencibles and militia settled in Glengarry County, Ontario against the invaders,[1] and in 1820 over 800 fighting men of Clan
Grant were gathered, by the passing of the Fiery Cross, to come to the aid of their Clan Lord and his sister in the village of Elgin en.wikipedia.org...

Looks like you're at war with the people of Lewes.
You learn something new everyday on this site.

originally posted by: Soloprotocol
... as for David Cameron, i would rather torch the real thing.

People complained about the burning of Salmond, which is why he was blown up instead.

They burned Cameron and Clegg in 2010. People who are offended by this type of harmless tradition - which includes, I believe burning an effigy of
the Pope and of course Guy Fawkes, need to relax. The night starts with a parade of burning crosses commemorate the burning to death of 17 Protestant
Martyrs by (ahem) Catholics, in the town. Luckily the UK moved on from that type of religious intolerance a few hundred years ago, unlike some parts
of the Middle East!

This year they also burned Putin , who looked very gay in a green mankini. Last year it was Assad and his fellow dictator Kim Jon-Un. Previous
years have included notable effigies of Angela Merkel (doing a Hitler salute), that nut-job Gaddafi, Bush, Blair and so on.

originally posted by: Soloprotocol
... as for David Cameron, i would rather torch the real thing.

This year they also burned Putin , who looked very gay in a green mankini. Last year it was Assad and his fellow dictator Kim Jon-Un. Previous
years have included notable effigies of Angela Merkel (doing a Hitler salute), that nut-job Gaddafi, Bush, Blair and so on.

At my villages bonfire night, it was just a Guy.

Regards

Would they burn Allah though or have they set themselves limits...??
Have they ever burned Hindley and Brady, Jimmy Saville, the yorkshire ripper, people of that ilk.?

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